Mississippi

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Ten Best Museums in Mississippi

02/06/2018 by .
Tupelo Automobile Museum 3 BB Kings Chevy

With four major museums opening in the last three years, Mississippi now has as much to offer culture vultures as fans of blues music and those interested in the history of the south. Mike Gerrard, a frequent traveller there, lists ten of his favourite Mississippi museums.

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Mississippi to The MAX

07/05/2018 by .
MAX Museum Meridian Mississippi 1 atrium

Every year for the past few years a major museum has opened in Mississippi, and 2018 is no exception. Mike Gerrard reports back on the new MAX in Meridian.

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On the Trail of Civil Rights in Tennessee and Mississippi

03/01/2018 by .
Fannie Lou Hamer Park

A journey down Highway 61 from Memphis to Jackson takes Rupert Parker along the Mississippi Freedom Trail. It carries echoes of his previous trip to Alabama.

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Elvis Triangle from Tennessee to Mississippi

29/12/2017 by .
Graceland

For Elvis fans, Tennessee and Mississippi are definitely the must visit states – you can follow his life from the lowly two room shack where he was born, to the hit studio where he made his first recordings, the mansion where he lived until he died, and his final resting place. Fly into Memphis or Nashville, they’re about 3 hours apart, rent a car and stop off at Tupelo on the way.

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